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Anonymous User wrote:O'Melveny - that guy was horrible. I just crossed them off when I walked out of the room. I should have just walked out sooner.

Seconding this.

Desmarais asked me about having ties to New York, which struck me as strange. Not exactly the sort of small market that you need a personal connection to.

Not sure who wins for most absurd handout of the day. Frommer Lawrence Haug had big tote bag things that seem designed to be a walking billboard of your interview with them, but Crowell had foam squeezable rubber duckies for stress relief. I barely resisted the urge to take it out during a bad screener later on.

I was scheduled for a 9:55 interview with an associate and two partners from Quinn Emanuel. I arrived at 9:40, and sat on the chair until 9:54 at which time I knocked on the door. Three minutes later I knocked again, and this time their associate answered (concerned look on his face) and explained that the two partners had not yet arrived. He then went to peek over the balcony to see if they were down below.... and the door closed/locked behind him. After the color drained from his face, he explained had to run down to the lobby to find the others / get a new key. The three arrived together at 10:10, leaving me ~4 minutes by the time we got into the room and sat down. Rather than apologizing or offering to reschedule, the two partners decided the time was better spent bashing my SA (patent lit with a large tech company) in an incredibly unprofessional manner. Needless to say, every bit of my bias against Quinn has been absolutely confirmed. I have no interest in speaking with them again.

Anonymous User wrote:9 cb's thus far, feeling very good about several other screeners.

I guess I might as well give up now...

Anon from above... Absolutely not an indication of anything. I am going to be on that side of the country for another 10 days or so, and most places sped things up to accommodate. Keep your head up and keep plugging away!

I was scheduled for a 9:55 interview with an associate and two partners from Quinn Emanuel. I arrived at 9:40, and sat on the chair until 9:54 at which time I knocked on the door. Three minutes later I knocked again, and this time their associate answered (concerned look on his face) and explained that the two partners had not yet arrived. He then went to peek over the balcony to see if they were down below.... and the door closed/locked behind him. After the color drained from his face, he explained had to run down to the lobby to find the others / get a new key. The three arrived together at 10:10, leaving me ~4 minutes by the time we got into the room and sat down. Rather than apologizing or offering to reschedule, the two partners decided the time was better spent bashing my SA (patent lit with a large tech company) in an incredibly unprofessional manner. Needless to say, every bit of my bias against Quinn has been absolutely confirmed. I have no interest in speaking with them again.

9 cb's thus far, feeling very good about several other screeners.

I experienced similar bashing when I did my Quinn CB. Really unprofessional. It's like everyone has small man syndrome over there.

Was anyone else surprised by the number of slots that were left empty after no alternates showed up? It may have been bad form, but I ended up poaching an interview that I noticed went unfulfilled at the cattle call in the morning today. I showed up when I knew they had the empty slot, and offered to give them a resume. They gave me the slot since their other person wasn't there.

I sat next to someone on Thursday who had a sheet of 20+ interviews and who was on the phone bragging to their friend about how they just accepted a job, but that PLIP would at least be good interview practice. Seemed kind of tacky, but what do I know?

MarcZero wrote:Was anyone else surprised by the number of slots that were left empty after no alternates showed up? It may have been bad form, but I ended up poaching an interview that I noticed went unfulfilled at the cattle call in the morning today. I showed up when I knew they had the empty slot, and offered to give them a resume. They gave me the slot since their other person wasn't there.

That is brilliant. It seems that the cattle call firms were always the same for the most part, I think Sughrue was the big winner/loser today.

Anonymous User wrote:I sat next to someone on Thursday who had a sheet of 20+ interviews and who was on the phone bragging to their friend about how they just accepted a job, but that PLIP would at least be good interview practice. Seemed kind of tacky, but what do I know?

WOW... That is extremely low brow. Wastes the employers' time, takes an opportunity away from someone else who very well may need it.

Desmarais did not grill me on the NYC location... Have no clue as to whether he/they liked me or not... He did, however, basically ask me to recite some of the cases I researched during my judicial internship and then asked me to go into details about what the appellant and appellee argued (hint: didn't see that curve ball)

Anonymous User wrote:Desmarais did not grill me on the NYC location... Have no clue as to whether he/they liked me or not... He did, however, basically ask me to recite some of the cases I researched during my judicial internship and then asked me to go into details about what the appellant and appellee argued (hint: didn't see that curve ball)

Anonymous User wrote:9 cb's thus far, feeling very good about several other screeners.

I guess I might as well give up now...

Anon from above... Absolutely not an indication of anything. I am going to be on that side of the country for another 10 days or so, and most places sped things up to accommodate. Keep your head up and keep plugging away!

Yea, I wouldn't worry about it. Pretty sure I met the person w 9 cb's already as I was talking to somebody who received one while we were chatting. This person is very well qualified. The mere mortals among us will probably have to wait a while.